poisse
French, noun
poisse is spelled P-O-I-S-S-E (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poisse is a French feminine noun meaning “chronic bad luck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of poisser. With an accent, poissé is a different word: “past participle of poisser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Malchance”.
What does poisse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalchronic bad luck
On a raté deux bus et un avion, on a vraiment eu la poisse.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of poisser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Recouvert d'une substance qui poisse.
noun: 1. Malchance. 2. Gêne ; misère.
noun: 1. Voleur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of poisse
- poissée feminine
- poissés masculine plural
- poissées feminine plural
- poisses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is poisse in French?
poisse appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).